Fastening device.



J. T. BOOTH.

FASTENING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-11.1916.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

JOHN" THOMAS BOOTH, OF SOLIHULL, ENGLAND.

FASTENING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2, 191$.

Application filed November 11, 1916. Serial No. 130,850.

ing at The VVoodbines, Danford Lane, Solihull, in the county of Warwick, England, have invented a new and useful Fastening Device; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention comprises a fastening'device which while being capable of use for a va riety of purposes is in addition to performing such functions adapted for use as a tourniquet. y

The tourniquet may be adapted for use also as a lanyard constituting a combined lanyard and tourniquet for use by soldiers and sailors either as a lanyard for connecting a knife to the wearer or as a tourniquet to stop hemorrhage, the device being so arranged that in the event of the man using it as a lanyard being shot or wounded he can with one hand disconnect the lanyard from the knife and from his clothing and apply and use the lanyard as a tourniquet, tightening it up round the limb as may be required.

The tourniquet can however, be used for a variety of other purposes such as a strap for holding books together, or as a parcel carrier or body belt, as a necktie, for adjustably securing the ropes of tents or as part of harness, or as a holding down strap for the hoods of motor vehicles, or for binding splints to broken limbs or for securing bandages of any description, in any of which cases when removed it can be used as a tourniquet.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a face view of a tourniquet according to this invention.

Fig. 2 is an edge view of same. 7

3 is a perspective view illustrating the device in use as a tourniquet.

Fig. i is a view showing this device used as a lanyard.

In carrying my invention into practice as illustrated upon the accompanying drawings the tourniquet comprises a strap 1 which is preferably made of a woven textile material, small holes 2 being woven into the material at closely spaced intervals throughout the length. It is not however, essential that the holes shall extend over the whole length of the device but preferably the holes are woven at regular intervals throughout the whole length of the material from which the tourniquet is made.

At one end the tourniquet is provided with a loop or elongated ring having a roller which constitutes a running loop through which the opposite end of the strap is passed, and the tourniquet drawn tight by pulling upon this oppositc end, which is provided with a hook 5 which is adapted to engage with any one of the holes 2 after drawing tight.

When used as a tourniquet a pad such as 6 is preferably employed as is customary with these articles.

It is not essential that the holes be woven in the fabric for they might be formed therein and eyeleted or the tourniquet might be made of other material such as leather and the holes merely punched therein.

To enable the tourniquet to be used as a lanyard also it is provided with a loop indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1 and marked 8, this loop being adapted to form a slip knot for attachment of the knife while the main part of the device may be worn over the shoulder.

YVhat I claim then is A fastening device including a strap formed with openings in the body thereof, a member furnished with a roller secured to one of its ends, a hook secured to the opposite end of such strap and being adapted to engage the openings formed in the body thereof, and a loop secured adjacent such iook member.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN THOMAS BOOTH. Witnesses HAROLD H. FoRnnsTnR, MARY J. PARKS.

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